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Altera_Forum
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16 years ago

help me please -cyclone device

Hi,

can you tell wath do an altera FPGA device need to be operable. if i buy an cyclone fpga what other thins i need to buy to design my hardware?

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    Altera_Forum
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    16 years ago

    You have not provided enough details for us to help you out.

    Just get a development board with the Cyclone from a vendor. It will have enough hardware on there to get to started.
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    16 years ago

    Starting with a Dev Kit is a good suggestion. On the other hand, you can start a hardware design from the scratch as you would do e.g. with a microprocessor. The device handbook contains all necessary information, but some design experience is required to understand it completely, I think.

    To answer the question strictly, you need at least a dual (VCCINT/VCCIO) power supply, a clock source, nonvolatile configuration memory (not absolutely necessary during test), a JTAG connector and the user IO to be interfaced with the FPGA.

    Also an Altera or compatible third party USB Blaster or Byte Blaster.
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    16 years ago

    hi guys, thanks for the help. This is my situation:

    my overall system is an

    ADC --> FIR filter --> upsampling(4) --> DAC.

    I've already implemented the above system using a stratix II DSP kit. Now i want to build my own hardware (prototype) using only the necessary elements with a cyclone fpga. can you list me what are the elements do i need to make this system?